Eburon Organics based in Lubbock, but essential to the world

That’s what Eburon Organics International does — bring jobs to Lubbock while producing chemicals imortant for human health the world over.

On Thursday, Dr. Ted Reid, chairman of Eburon, demonstrated Reese Technology Center how the company plans to make Lubbock a center for the production of chemicals needed for healthy living in a modern society.

Eburon recently started production of large quantities of two chemicals that will change the nature of two important health markets in the United States and around the world.

For example, there’s the compound ethyl lauroyl arginate (LAE). At the moment LAE is an FDA-approved product sprayed on meats and other foods to block bacterial growth.

The LAE currently used is only 85 percent pure,

Eburon has developed a new synthetic method, by a team led by Dr. Mayank Shashtri, to make this product 99.9 percent pure.

Studies show the impurity in the previous LAE inhibits its action. The new Eburon LAE will change the way that this anti-microbial is used to protect consumers from possible bacterial problems. Far less will be needed and its protection ability is superior.

And, a pure Vitamin K2 produced by Eburon to make K2 in a pure form, which is currently unavailable. Production of this K2 is important because it protects against osteoporosis, heart attacks and Type II diabetes.

This vitamin is found normally in certain cultured milk products. However, modern dairy farming techniques diminished the amount of K2 in milk, because of the foods animal are fed on large commercial dairy farms.

Vitamin K2 removes plaque-causing calcium from blood vessels and sees transport of the calcium to the bones where it is needed. This is why it has been shown in recent clinical trials to protect against osteoporosis, while at the same time dramatically lowering the incidence of heart attacks.

“Eburon has been working with LEDA, to make the manufacturing of these new chemicals a reality in Lubbock,” Reid said. “Also, we look forward to further interactions with the excellent faculty of the Chemistry Department at Texas Tech University who should be a great source of of new innovative chemistry and whose talented students can work as chemists at this company. It is also important to show that in Lubbock, we can manufacture high tech chemicals better and in a more economical manner, than other parts of the world.”